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Is Keir Starmer in his ‘legacy’ era? – podcast
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Is Keir Starmer in his ‘legacy’ era? – podcast

Keir Starmer says he will fight on as prime minister, but behind the scenes he is said to be thinking about his legacy. He’s talking this week about tech companies and the shape of a social media ban, but he is also focussed on resetting the UK’s relations with EU and defence. Pippa and Kiran discus...

Presented by Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey, produced by Sam Gruet, Nada Smiljanic and May Robson, music by Axel Kacoutié, the executive producer is Maz Ebtehaj
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Call to phase out ‘inhumane’ guga hunt by working with Hebridean islanders
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Call to phase out ‘inhumane’ guga hunt by working with Hebridean islanders

Annual killing of infant gannets has been carried out on a remote Scottish island for at least 400 yearsAnimal welfare campaigners have called for talks on phasing out the “inhumane” hunt for infant gannets known as guga, which are killed by hunters on a remote Scottish island once a year.OneKind an...

Severin Carrell Scotland editor
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Will Iran give up on ceasefire talks as strait of Hormuz blockade continues?
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Will Iran give up on ceasefire talks as strait of Hormuz blockade continues?

Chokehold on shipping route draws Houthis in Yemen back into conflict as commenters see ‘no turning back’Middle East crisis – live updatesIran’s reversion to large-scale military exchanges with Israel broadened the conflict that began in February not only by making the Israeli attacks on Hezbollah a...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Households outshine business in Australia’s rooftop solar revolution, report finds
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Households outshine business in Australia’s rooftop solar revolution, report finds

Australia leads world in residential solar per capita with 22GW installed but commercial and industrial sector has deployed only a quarter of thatGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s revolution in rooftop solar has left behind commercial and industrial buildings whe...

Donna Lu Assistant editor, climate, environment and science
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Truck carrying fireworks catches fire and explodes in Tennessee
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Truck carrying fireworks catches fire and explodes in Tennessee

No one injured in incident, volunteer fire department says, and it is not known how truck caught fireFirefighters in Tennessee had to respond to an unexpectedly early Fourth of July scene after a truck caught fire on a major highway and its load of fireworks went off, triggering a spectacular displa...

Guardian staff
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Six people stabbed in attack at Penn Station in New York
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Six people stabbed in attack at Penn Station in New York

Suspect in custody at busy rail hub adjacent to Madison Square Garden one day before game three of NBA finalsSix people were stabbed in a Sunday night attack at New York’s Penn Station, authorities said, with Amtrak police saying a person believed to be homeless was being held in custody as a result...

Richard Luscombe
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Trial begins for man accused of sparking LA’s deadly Palisades fire
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Trial begins for man accused of sparking LA’s deadly Palisades fire

Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of starting the blaze that became Los Angeles’s deadliest and destructive wildfireThe trial of a 29-year-old charged with sparking a wildfire that went on to become the deadly Palisades inferno, the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history, is set to begin on Mo...

Cecilia Nowell
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Pope uses Spain speech to warn of global ‘spiritual and cultural crisis’
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Pope uses Spain speech to warn of global ‘spiritual and cultural crisis’

Addressing lawmakers, Leo XIV also highlights migration at a time when Madrid is bucking European trendsPope Leo XIV has used an address to the Spanish parliament to warn the world is undergoing “a deep spiritual and cultural crisis” and to urge the international community to tackle the causes and c...

Sam Jones in Madrid
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Trump repeats claim that California election was rigged – US politics live
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Trump repeats claim that California election was rigged – US politics live

President posts screenshot on Truth Social attacking Californian election, after walking out of NBC interview after refusing to substantiate his claims of election riggingSign up for the Breaking News US emailIn case you missed it yesterday, Donald Trump walked out of an explosive interview with NBC...

Lucy Campbell (now) and Aneesa Ahmed (earlier)
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Arizona lake closes indefinitely to visitors after all of its fish die
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Arizona lake closes indefinitely to visitors after all of its fish die

Wildlife department says drought conditions and water released from dam led to ‘major fish kill’ at San Carlos LakeArizona officials have indefinitely closed a popular lake to visitors after its entire population of fish died recently.The recreation and wildlife department that maintains San Carlos...

Ramon Antonio Vargas
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Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land
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Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land

Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AIA record-shattering drought has racked much of the US. But the artificial intelligence industry is pushing ahead regardless, with the majority of planned datacenters set to be buil...

Oliver Milman with data visuals by Andrew Witherspoon
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Weather tracker: Monsoon season brings vital rainfall to parts of Asia
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Weather tracker: Monsoon season brings vital rainfall to parts of Asia

India declares onset as up to 280mm of rain falls in 72 hours in Kerala, while downpours hit south-west ThailandThe monsoon season has officially begun in parts of Asia, marking the start of a period of enhanced rainfall vital to the region’s economy.The south-west monsoon begins each year as a cons...

Brendan Wood for MetDesk
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Maine voters head to polls on Tuesday for closely watched primary election
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Maine voters head to polls on Tuesday for closely watched primary election

All eyes on US Senate race as Graham Platner, embroiled in controversy, is set to advance as Democratic nomineeVoters in Maine head to the polls on Tuesday for one of the most closely watched primary elections in the country. The US Senate race has become a national fixation as Democrats try to unse...

Shrai Popat and David Smith
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Tate & Lyle agrees £2.7bn takeover by US rival in new blow to London market
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Tate & Lyle agrees £2.7bn takeover by US rival in new blow to London market

Venerable but struggling UK firm backs deal with Chicago-based Ingredion putting nearly 500 jobs worldwide at riskTate & Lyle has agreed to a £2.7bn takeover by its US rival Ingredion, in a deal that could put hundreds of jobs at risk and represents yet another loss for London’s struggling stock...

Lauren Almeida
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‘Extreme fear’ among immigrants as backlash sweeps South Africa
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‘Extreme fear’ among immigrants as backlash sweeps South Africa

African migrants say legal status offers little protection as rallies against illegal immigration gain momentumAfrican migrants in South Africa say they are living in fear after a series of marches calling for illegal immigrants to leave reignited long-held xenophobic sentiment in the country.March...

Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
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Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones
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Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones

Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PMUK politics live – latest updatesApple and Google have been given until September to install software that blocks explicit images on children’s mobile phones or face legislation enforcing its requ...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
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Armenia’s pro-Europe party wins election and cements shift away from Russia
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Armenia’s pro-Europe party wins election and cements shift away from Russia

Result strengthens PM Nikol Pashinyan’s drive for deeper integration with Europe despite warnings from MoscowArmenia’s ruling pro-Europe party has won parliamentary elections, confirming the country’s pivot towards Europe and away from its traditional ally, Russia.Final results in the small South Ca...

Pjotr Sauer in Yerevan
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Push to regulate UK bailiffs too slow, warns supervisory body
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Push to regulate UK bailiffs too slow, warns supervisory body

A year after government pledge to regulate sector, ECB criticises ‘lack of visible progress’ and ‘no clear plan’The UK government has been accused of dragging its feet over plans for the mandatory regulation of bailiffs amid concerns about harmful practices in an industry that collects more than £1b...

Rupert Jones
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Octopus surge spreads up UK coast as far as Scotland, study finds
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Octopus surge spreads up UK coast as far as Scotland, study finds

Record numbers linked to warming waters is mixed news for fishers, with shellfish catches down but octopus catches boomingRecord numbers of octopuses found off the south-west coast of England last year have now spread as far as Scotland and Wales and are transforming the fishing industry and the mar...

Matthew Taylor
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